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HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
married to Julia Plato, a daughter of the Hon. W. B. Plato, one of the most distinguished lawyers and pioneers of Kane County.
JOHN F. HARVEY, farmer, La Fox, Ill.; born in Herkimer County, N. Y., March 18, 1829; educated in the schools of his native State and Elgin, Ill.; began his business career as a farmer, and in 1864 purchased his present farm near La Fox; married, on Oct. 28, 1862, Angeline Garfleld.
AUSTIN P. HATCH (deceased), son of Jethro and Minerva (Peirce) Hatch, was born in Port Leyden, N. Y., June 24, 1843, and was five years old when brought west by his parents. He grew to manhood on the Sugar Grove homestead, and was educated in the home schools, Wheaton College and at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Chicago. Becoming a pharmacist, he was in the drug store of Dr. Wiuslow & Dr. Gillett at the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted in July, 1862, and July 18, 1863, was mustered out on account of ill health. He followed farming until 1869, when he became proprietor of the same drug business with which he was before associated. From 1880 to 1883 he lived in Minneapolis, Minn., on account of his health, with this exception being a resident of Aurora from 1869 to 1901, his death occurring May 6 of the latter year. He was a member of the G. A. R. and the K. G. In 1886 he was married to Miss Melissa J., daughter of Perley B. and Lois (Gurler) Snow, who settled in Sugar Grove Township in 1839. Of this marriage were born Mrs. Elsie Case, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Mrs. Celia Pope, of Denver, Colo.; and Louise M., Teresa Fay, Bertha M. and Lois G., of Aurora. One who knew Mr. Hatch intimately, in describing his personal characteristics, said of him, that "the unselfish and kindly life of Austin P. Hatch was, at all times, the revelation of a true gentleman."
ELAM HATCH (deceased), pioneer, was born in Sherburne, New York, in 1787, and grew up in his native State, where he was farmer until 1850. In the latter year he came west and settled in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, where he reared his family. He died in 1876. His wife, who was Margaret Farrell before her marriage, died in 1875. Their family consisted of four sons, of whom three were living in 1903. The oldest son, Israel B., died in 1888; T. Yale Hatch, resides in South Dakota; Frank D., is a resident of Kankakee, Ill.; Elam F. Hatch, the only son now residing in Sugar Grove Township, was born in Sherburne County, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1839, and received his educational training in the public schools and at Aurora Seminary. He joined his father in farming while a young man, and still lives on the old farm. He married Augusta M. Collson, who was born in New York State, and they reared a family of six children.
JETHRO HATCH (deceased), pioneer settler of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, born in the year 1791, at Sherburne, Chenan-go County, New York State, was a descendant of Thomas Hatch, who was born in Kent, England, and came to America In 1620, in the company of Governor Winthrop. His father, Timothy, and his grandfather. Major Jethro Hatch, were both soldiers of the Revolution. Jethro Hatch was reared in New England, and in 1848 came west. He became wealthy and influential, was deeply interested in all public questions, and was an earnest opponent of human slavery. He was Chairman of the first Republican convention of Kane County, said to have been the first in the State. In 1869 he moved to Aurora, and here he died in 1875. Minerva Peirce, a native of New York, became his wife, and their living children are: Fayette S., of Kankakee, Ill.; Dr. Jethro A., of Kentland, Ind.; Mrs. Martha Winslow, of Gilroy, Cal.; Mrs. Marcelia Winslow, and Austin P. (deceased) .
MOSES W. HAWES (deceased), financier, merchant, and contractor, Elgin, Ill., was born in Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1814, and when a young man studied civil engineering in Baltimore. In 1837 he was chosen out of a hundred applicants to go to Conception, Chile, to establish a flouring mill, the second in that country. For a number of years he was superintendent of the mill, and then became a government contractor, having under his charge some of the largest bridges and docks of the day. After remaining in Chile more than twenty years, he went to China in 1859 but soon returned to the United States. While in Chile he married a Spanish lady, who died before he left that country. His second marriage was contracted Feb. 12, 1860, with Miss Jennie Rosenkrans,
